Improvement in carriage-doors



1. cARsuN'. Carriage Doors.

Ptenfd Nov. n, 1873.

Fltrm WITNEEEES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.,

JAMES OAESON, OE BUFFALO, NEw YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-DOCRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 144,440, dated November11, 1873; application filed September 10, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES CARSON, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements 1nVGarriageDoors, of which the follow-` ing is a specication: A

This invention relates to the doors of vehicles the tops of whichseparate in the center, such as landaus, Sto., that can be convertedinto either open or closed carriages; and the invention consists in theconstruction of the p independent sliding frames or supports for the"piece, d, constructed as Shown, and pivoted, at

e, near the top. This allows it to swing out a little way, the back edgebeing slightly rounded or beveled near the top for that purpose, andpermitting it to Stand out at just the angle required. A dat piece orrim, f, sits on the outer piece d, against which the glass rests whenraised, and which also throws oif rain, prewhen the carriage is thrownOpen, as repre-` sented in dotted lines, Fig. 1. The top of the piece Dis formed into a hooked cap, g, so as to Sit over the opening into whichthe supports slide, and by which it can wbe lifted up and the swingingpart d thrown out over the edge h,

as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, where it stands of itself until folded, as inFig. 3, ready to drop nto the socket when the carriage-topis thrown ack.

This makes a very simple glass support for doors of carriages, such aslandaus, coaches, landaulettes, broughams, &c., which are constructed tobe either Open or closed.

I claim- The pivoted Supplemental pieces d, having the protecting-stripsf, in combination with the supports D D, having the hooked ends g,combined to operate Substantially as and for the purpose specified. g

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: JAMES CARSON.

J. R. DRAKE, T. H. FARSONS.

